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  • Building Bots to Develop Systems Thinking

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    Construct a scribble bot and determine how each part functions to form a system.

  • Diving Into Buoyancy

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    Build a submarine to explore how the density of an object affects its ability to float and sink.

  • Call the Plumber! Engaging Students With Authentic Engineering Design Practices

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    Explore the plumbing of a house to build an optimal physical model of the system.

  • Classic Lessons 2.0: Falling Into Understanding

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    This column shares updated perennial classroom favorites. In this lesson, seventh-grade students explore falling objects and try to explain why objects fall. Using a local university’s extensive exhibit on Galileo (see…

  • Teacher's Toolkit: Using Rubrics to Integrate Crosscutting Concepts

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    This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue explains the development of a rubric that may serve as a bridge between the learning outcomes associated with…

  • From the Editor's Desk: Systems Thinking Solutions

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    Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.

  • Citizen Science: Ecosystems and Eagle Populations

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    This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. Soar into systems thinking with the Mid-Winter Bald Eagle Survey.

  • Disequilibrium: A Balancing Act

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    This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month’s discrepant event helps students identify and develop an understanding of the simple relationships between various components of a…

  • Listserv Roundup: From the Archives: Systems

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    This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. In this month’s column we dive into the NSTA listserv archives and look at some requests for…

  • Science for All: Going From Macro to Micro

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    This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. In this month's issue we discuss how you can use the theory of multipe intelligences to provide differentiation for your students.

  • Teacher to Teacher: Assessing Crosscutting Concepts

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    This column provides practical advice from your peers. Cross Cutter Cards provide a method for students to apply a crosscutting concept when discussing similarities between two different phenomena.

  • Scope on the Skies: Flipped Constellations

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    This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses constellations.

  • Integrating Technology: Students Making Systems Models: An Accessible Approach

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    This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. Teaching and learning about systems can be challenging without the right tools and curricular supports. The…

  • Long-Form Science

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    Teaching with extended texts.

  • Short-Form Science

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    A “close reading” unit on the history of the atom.

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